كمی

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Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kẹ̄mi (boat); cognate with Chuvash кимӗ (kimĕ), Kazakh кеме (keme), Kyrgyz кеме (keme), Shor кебе, Turkmen gämi, Tuvan хеме (xeme), Uyghur كېمە (këme) and Uzbek kema.

Noun

كمی (gemi) (definite accusative كمیى (gemiyi), plural كمیلر (gemiler))

  1. ship, a water-borne vessel larger than a boat
    Synonym: جنك (cöng)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: gəmi
  • Gagauz: gemi
  • Ottoman Turkish: كمی (gemi) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 278
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gemi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, كم (kim, who) +‎ ـی (-i)

Alternative forms

Determiner

كمی (kimi)

  1. some
    Synonym: بعض (beʼẓi)

Pronoun

كمی (kimi)

  1. some
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “kimi”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 445
  • “kimi”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

كمی (kimi)

  1. accusative of كم (kim, who)

Etymology 4

Noun

كمی (gemi)

  1. inflection of كم (gem, bit):
    1. definite accusative
    2. third-person singular possessive

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Postposition

كمی (kimi)

  1. alternative form of كبی (gibi, like)

Further reading

  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “kimi”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 445

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كمی (gemi), from Proto-Turkic *kẹ̄mi (boat); cognate with Azerbaijani gəmi, Chuvash кимӗ (kimĕ), Kazakh кеме (keme), Kyrgyz кеме (keme), Shor кебе, Turkmen gämi, Tuvan хеме (xeme), Uyghur كېمە (këme) and Uzbek kema.

Noun

گمی (gemi)

  1. ship, a water-borne vessel larger than a boat
    Synonyms: سفینه (sefine), فلك (fulk), كشتی (keşti)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading